Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1952
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1953
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1954
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1955
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1956
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1957
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1958
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1959
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1960
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1961
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1962
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1963
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1964
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1965
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1966
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1967
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1968
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1969
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1970
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1971
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1972
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1973
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1974
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1975
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min